Josh Marshall says the fix is in on intell commission

[lancdem]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com

Well, the fix, as they say, is in.

Here's the executive order the president just signed authorizing his commission which he "established for the purpose of advising the President in the discharge of his constitutional authority under Article II of the Constitution to conduct foreign relations, protect national security, and command the Armed Forces of the United States, in order to ensure the most effective counter-proliferation capabilities of the United States and response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the ongoing threat of terrorist activity."

The commission doesn't appear to have any subpoena power, only the right to "full and complete access to information relevant to its mission as described in section 2 of this order."

If I read this right -- and needless to say I'm no lawyer, notwithstanding that summer in grad school I wasted prepping for the LSAT -- what's 'relevant' is at the discretion of the department heads of the various executive branch agencies.

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[unblock]

1. well, duh

well, bush hasn't hunted duck with any of 'em, so it must be objective!

[59millionmorons]

2. Sorry I duped ya

This is the dumbest thing I ever heard of. So this commission is not worth the paper it was signed on. I can't believe that this was not pointed out by the major networks.

[SoCalDem]

3. This should be an election issue..

Vote democrats into office if you really want to know what happened with:

selling the public out on energy
9/11
Iraq war..


The people who were "in charge" <responsible> are not to be trusted to investigate themselves..

A democratic House and or Senate and a Democratic president is the only "solution"..

The party of "responsibility" is afraid of testifying under oath or allowing the "investigations" to issue subpoaenas..What are they hiding ??